Posts Tagged: Oregon
Oregon: Hop In The Dark, Deschutes, Bend
Posted by on Sunday, June 13, 2010 in - 1 comment
From the fine people at Deschutes, this one pours deep mahogany. Cola even. With a frothy rim and foam of light mocha. On the nose, it is a West Coast US IPA - pine hoppy Cascade. Makes sense as this is a "CDA" or Cascadian Dark Ale. In the mouth, it's going in the same direction and then it's not …
Oregon: Black Butte XXI, Deschutes Brewery, Bend
Posted by on Saturday, March 6, 2010 in - 3 comments
I am delighted that samples from Deschutes get through the solid mile high maple soaked wall that is the US-Canadian border but disconcerted nonetheless. Should I be drinking a beer that says "best before 17 October 2010" or should I not? In this weekend's spirit of not being so anal about these …
Oregon: Hop Trip, Deschutes Brewing, Bend
Posted by on Saturday, October 24, 2009 in - leave a comment
Oh, happy day. Oh, happy happy day when there are two boxes from Deschutes waiting for me. And on a Friday. Excellent. One of the wee gifties floating in the styrophome chip was this fresh hop pale ale. At 5.5%, a fairly modest proposal as to the style. • The beer pours that Irn Bru orange amber …
Oregon: Twilight Summer Ale, Deschutes, Bend
Posted by on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 in - leave a comment
The parcels have been in the mail. The gods of the mapled border clearly looked down favourably as my samples of Deschutes' take on a summer ale showed up today here in Easlakia. A bit of a break through in fact. • The beer smells a bit like Syracuse Pale Ale, one of my favorite local summer …
Winter And Xmas Brews: Brrr, Widmer Bros., Oregon
Posted by on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 in - 2 comments
The good folks at Widmer Brothers sent me a few of their new seasonal brew, Brrr. That was awfully nice of them and a habit more of you should consider adopting - especially nice as this will only be available in 17 US cities over just the next two months. • A big fruity nose on the first …
Hair Of The Dog: Fred Update
Posted by on Thursday, October 11, 2007 in - 4 comments
So it's been ten months since I got the case of Fred with the crap cap job. Rather than complain - or recap - I loaded them up with weight and have been sipping them quite happily as the days became weeks and then months. • The beer has settled down a bit. Rather than pour an explosive head like …
Hair Of The Dog: Project Salvation
Posted by on Saturday, December 23, 2006 in - 3 comments
OK - so the issues are being worked out. And I had one Doggie Claws last night and it was infanticide, loverly but really under carbonated and cloudy. It struck me like a homebrew that I popped at two weeks rather than waiting for five to pass before I invaded its space. As a result, we are going …
Hair Of The Dog: A Couple of Difficult Cases
Posted by on Thursday, December 21, 2006 in - 12 comments
This may turn out to be an epic. It may end in tears. Whatever it is you can click on each picture for a bigger image. • In the early fall - actually on September 28th 2006 just after noon - I jumped into my first LCBO private order, two cases from Hair of the Dog brewery in Portland Oregon … read more »
A Note From Rogue Nation
Posted by on Saturday, September 23, 2006 in - 6 comments
I got an email from Rogue Nation this morning. What is Rogue Nation you ask? • “The Rogue Nation is comprised of the brewery, two brewpubs, two distilleries, and six public house embassies; along with an international network of distributors, retailers and consumers. Rise Up! Rogue Ales are …
Five Mainly Western US Pale Ales
Posted by on Thursday, July 27, 2006 in - 8 comments
Four really western pale ales and one of my favorites, Southern Tier IPA, from western New York...that counts, right? I don't know what I am expecting to find from this selection. The Rouge Seahorse as well as both Mojo and Hazed & Infused are new to me. But it is time to do another random cross …
